Duncan on the Bench

[raspsa]

I must say I enjoyed that particular stretch un the 4thQ with Duncan sitting on the bench. I was convinced that Pop was going to resist the temptation to put him in since the guys were doing OK without him. I really don't foresee this recurring again any time soon though.

As to Pop's reason for benching Timmy, my guess was it showed the guys on the court that he trusted them to get the job done.

[Agloco]

I must say I enjoyed that particular stretch un the 4thQ with Duncan sitting on the bench. I was convinced that Pop was going to resist the temptation to put him in since the guys were doing OK without him. I really don't foresee this recurring again any time soon though.

As to Pop's reason for benching Timmy, my guess was it showed the guys on the court that he trusted them to get the job done.

I'm just hoping it wasn't something like "My knee feels funny coach....."

[Thomas82]

I must say I enjoyed that particular stretch un the 4thQ with Duncan sitting on the bench. I was convinced that Pop was going to resist the temptation to put him in since the guys were doing OK without him. I really don't foresee this recurring again any time soon though.

As to Pop's reason for benching Timmy, my guess was it showed the guys on the court that he trusted them to get the job done.

Yeah, that and the opportunity to give Tim a little rest.

[raspsa]

What struck me was Timmy actually seemed to be enjoying his stay on the bench and didn't appear to be asking Pop to put him back in.. speaks volumes about the trust between those two.

[ALAMO-DEFENSE]

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[NFGIII]

That was good to see the Spurs getting it done without TD on the court. Of course the Suns had gone small so Pop was just countering that move. That must have been an agonizing situation to be in wondering when to put TD back in. If the Suns cut the lead too much or take the lead then the mo changes for good and TD might not be able to reverse it.

[SenorSpur]

Anybody notice that Shaq was trying to get back into the game late. When Duncan was finally put in late in the 4th, Gentry responded by trying to get Shaq back in with less than 2 minutes left. However, by the time there was a break in the action, it was less than 50 secs left and he had to drag his fat ass back to the Suns bench.

[Spursfan092120]

I'm just hoping it wasn't something like "My knee feels funny coach....."
Nah...the guy is not 100% and Pop is sitting him any time he gets a chance. They want to be healthy for the playoffs.

[Duncan74]

Last nights win was awsome!!

[nkdlunch]

Nah...the guy is not 100% and Pop is sitting him any time he gets a chance. They want to be healthy for the playoffs.

As far as I know Tim's injury will only fully heal over the summer. So Pop's decision to sit Duncan was purely based on how the game was going and the Suns going ultra small

[HarlemHeat37]

Well the fact that Duncan looked happy and cheerful on the bench indicates that it wasn't injury-related..well at least that's how it seemed to me..

[TDMVPDPOY]

with gooden in the team

duncan better expect his minutes decreased to 24 minutes....

[xtremesteven33]

with gooden in the team

duncan better expect his minutes decreased to 24 minutes....



That would be sweet. :tu

[tim_duncan94]

with gooden in the team

duncan better expect his minutes decreased to 24 minutes....


Do you actually think that pop is going to only give Duncan 24 minutes?

Timmy averages 34.5 minutes per game so gooden might take about 5

minutes off Duncan's shoulders but from as long as i been a Tim Duncan

fan and spurs fan dont expect gooden to take 10 minutes away from

Duncan. Gooden will get most of his minutes from thomis and bonner.


:flag::lobt2:

[crc21209]

In crunch time with no Timmy and still get a W? I loved it! Of course when they trimmed the 10 pt lead to 5 of course I wanted Tim back in there, but he sat a good while in the 4th and the whole team stepped up, most notably Parker and Hill.

[Spursmania]

As far as I know Tim's injury will only fully heal over the summer. So Pop's decision to sit Duncan was purely based on how the game was going and the Suns going ultra small


True. The tendonosis Timmy has can only heal with rest-months rest, not just spurts here and there. So, Tim will be playing with this injury, and we can just hope he never wakes up one morning during the play-offs and finds the muscle too weak there to jump or respond much like he did that morning during shoot around when he told Pop he couldn't go.

[temujin]

Duncan had a great first half.
Later, Duncan was benched because he did't play very well in the third and Thomas was doing a much better job.

I also think that if Gooden fullfills the expectations, Duncan's playtime will be lower than 30 mpg until the playoffs.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

I'm tired of the Suns getting completely mind fucked by Popovich every time they play.

Losing while Duncan barely played in the 4th leaving Gentry completely confused as to when to put Shaq back in, is getting mind-fucked to the greatest degree.